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Ok....sooo....I know it's a bit late for me to start it but might as well do it now. Lol. I bought my 1997 Toyota Celica GT for $4,500 on February 27, 2012. It had 175,000 miles on the cluster. It was in very good condition. The only problem I had on it was it had a CEL light on. Which was just the speed sensor in the cluster not working. Replaced that and the CEL was cleared. Also my car didn't pass emissions test but I eventually had that fixed after running on premium and Lucas Cleaner. Overall I was more than happy to pay the overpriced $4500.

Winner of May 2014 COTM

"This car is not about racing, this car is not about power; performance, it's purely about being cool."

Previous Owner: http://www.6gc.net/members/9609
Very ricey and not my flavor.

Here's a link to my FB album of my car. It has all of my pics of my silly97.
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.2...0238&type=3

Here some things my car had on when I first bought it:

Bone stock performance
7GC GTS Rims
AG Lowering Springs
JDM Tail lights
Stock side skirts
2post spoiler
Rear tinted windows
Window stickers




Here's what I've done to it so far:

Performance
Injen Short Ram Intake


Suspension
Megan Coilovers


Ichiba Spacers 15mm and extended lug studs all around


Eibach Camber Bolt


Fender Rolled All Around



Exterior
3k Hi halogen bulb


8k Lo HiD conversion
3k halogen fog light bulb
Amber turn signal bulb


Clear side lights


TRD Roof Spoiler REPLICA(Hi-C)


OEM SSIII front grill
Tom's Front Lip REPLICA(Zonz540)


Enkei RPF1 17x8 +45Front +35Rear
Nankang NS1 205/40/17



Interior
TRD Shift Boot


SpreeLED White Gauge Lights


GT4 Rear Strut Bar




I do have a set of GT4 splitters that are waiting to be painted.



The rest of my plans for my car is to get it repainted and installed with the gt4 splitters. I want to go wit the Supra Limited Edition Silver code 1B9. I also want to get a custom exhaust. I really want the JDM projectors also. We will see what else will be added onto my list as days goes by. Lol. Also I'm planning to keep my silly FOREVER!!! XD

How it looks before:



How it looks now:



This post has been edited by ILoveMySilly97: Nov 25, 2018 - 6:13 PM

Do you have a wideband? I'm curious what your AFR's are under full boost with the stock fuel pump.

Yea I do. Havent got the bung welded for the sensor yet. So it's not functioning yet.

Wooo almost wrapped up! In my opinion somewhere around 300hp at the flywheel is plenty for the street, some may disagree and it varies from person to person and car to car with how power is delivered but I've come nowhere close to pushing the Firebird hard since I've gotten it. There's just simply nowhere to do it around here and not get in trouble, and there's really no need to anyway. Anyhow good job, look forward to more pictures and videos.

Agreed with you box. I mainly built this for my own enjoyment. If someone pulls up and wants to run them yea. But I'm not going to go hunting. Lol.

Having power in a daily is nice, and even driving like a sane person it makes a difference in the enjoyment of the car. I can't help but notice you changed your sig too.

This post has been edited by Box: May 7, 2016 - 1:34 AM

Here's a couple videos of my car since it's been swapped.

Walk around of my swap:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvaNPLiBQTM

First roll out video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvCod-cfu8c

A:F ratio with my Stock GT pump:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TtUUGGkV6KU



A:F ratio with my Stock GT pump:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TtUUGGkV6KU

Stock pump seems more than capable based on the video.

Exactly my point. Lol.

Then again if you start to go crazy on the boost it may not flow enough, I guess one of those things you go 1 psi at a time until you reach where you want it just to be safe. I know every engine is different, but 10 psi seems on the lower side for a late 90's early 00's motor.

Correct me if im wrong but isn't there a mod with the pump relay or fuse what will help make it run 12v instead of ramping up with rpm/boost?

I think he mentioned doing that mod in one of his videos.

Video of my car doing 3rd to 4th gear. Only mods were FMIC, 3" straight after stock downpipe, and a mbc at 14psi.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhHjcAhOJB0...eature=youtu.be

You forgot to freeze your speedo at 55 mph.

Sorry I haven't been so active like I use to be! But here's a quick lil update since my last update. Didn't do much besides took my car into the shop back in July 2017. Took it in for a full body work and paint. Replacing the window seals. Converting front end to ss4. Here's some progression pictures below.

"oh you know... just a full body respray and ss-four conversion. nothing big."

looks like the shop is doing a very thorough job. can't wait to see the finished product. and welcome back to 6gc.net lol keep us updated on here as well.

Holy bodywork Batman!

Ohh nice! i like how you didnt include the middle small vent. it makes the front end less cluttered

This post has been edited by BonzaiCelica: Sep 10, 2017 - 1:05 PM

What shop did u take ur car to get done for body work and repair and how much did it cost u?

Sorry for the late update but here's a couple shots. Haven't done any mods to my car since it rolled off the paint booth besides just clear side markers and Gunblue Gram Lights 57DR 17x9 +38F +22R wrapped with Nitto NT05 235/40r17. I do have a Precision 5558 Ko Racing kit coming in soon. Hoping to install that along with a Frozen Boost W2A kit sometime in Spring. Planning to go e85 with 1000cc and Links G4+ ECU hopefully late next fall following spring.

This was the same night it rolled off the paint booth with my old Kosei rims.


This was a Photo session with a local Photographer with my new wheel setup.






At the CaliShine car meet in Fresno, Ca.

Did you do the 5X114 hub conversion?